Patricia Collinge
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Patricia Collinge in trailer for The Little Foxes (1941)
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Eileen Cecilia Collinge September 20, 1892 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | April 10, 1974 (aged 81) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1904–1967 |
| Spouse(s) | James Nichols Smith (1921–1974; her death) |
Patricia Collinge (September 20, 1892 – April 10, 1974) was an Irish-American actress and dramatist, best known for her role as the tragic alcoholic "Birdie Hubbard" in The Little Foxes.
Eileen Cecilia Collinge was born in Dublin, Ireland to F. Channon Collinge and Emmie (née Russell) Collinge. She was educated first by a visiting governess and then at a girls' school. She took dancing and piano lessons, which held no interest for her. She finally settled on being an actress. She made her first stage appearance at age 12 at the Garrick Theatre (London) on December 21, 1904, as a Chinese doll in a Little Black Sambo. Her first New York stage appearance was on December 7, 1908 in The Queen of the Moulin Rouge.
Her first stage performance was at the Garrick Theatre, London in 1904 in Little Black Sambo and Little White Barbara. She went to America with her mother in 1907. She appeared as a "flower girl" in The Queens of the Moulin Rouge. Collinge began as one of the supporting players in The Thunderbolt, which starred Louis Calvert as James Mortimer. The theatrical entertainment dealt with a country family in "Singlehampton, England". The production was staged at the New Theatre (Century Theatre).
She was in Everywoman at the Herald Square Theatre in March 1911. The title role was played by Laura Nelson Hall. She acted alongside Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Amelia Bingham and William Henry Crane in The New Henrietta, a modern play based on a comedy by Bronson Howard. It was produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Broadway in December 1913. Collinge played Agnes, the ward of Crane's character Van Alstyne. She marries Bertie, played by Fairbanks. In 1914 she again appeared with Douglas Fairbanks in the play He Comes Up Smiling, where she and Fairbanks have a memorable scene as a cute couple in a park.
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